Otis third grader unable to return to adoptive family in Alameda

A bit ago, two Alamedan parents and their son brought a little girl into their family. From their website, here’s how it began:

Tsering Dolker Gurung was rescued from the Upper Dolpo region of Nepal by a Monk “Lama Tenzin” when she was six years old…Our family Tricia Parrish, Philip Kaake and Emmett Kaake, was inspired by Lama’s mission and wanted to help. We started sponsoring Dolker at CED (Lama Tenzin’s orphanage) and decided to extend our mission to adopting her. As her sponsors, we brought her to the United States in July of 2008.

Recently, the family went to Nepal to finalize the adoption. But they were unable to bring Dolker back to Alameda.

Dolker had been in our community for 6 months when the entire family traveled to Nepal to finalize the adoption. Unfortunately, Nepal is a politically unstable country and is in the process of writing new adoption laws. The adoption could not be completed and Dolker had to be left in Nepal.